Securing means for inclosures for automobile-tops



H. E. ADAMS. SECURING MEANS FOR INCLOSURES FOR AUTOMOBILE TOPSAPPLICATION FILED AUG-5.1919.

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H. E. ADAMS. SECURING MEANS FOR INCLOSURES FOR AUTOMOBILE TOPS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5| I919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. ADAMS, or Nnwyomr, N. Y.

Application filed August 5, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. ADAMS, resident of New York city, boroughof Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Securing Means for Inclosures forAutomobile-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

While applicable to vehicle closures generally, my invention isparticularly adapted for utilization in conjunction with convertibleautomobile bodies designed for use either in open touring car form, orfor equipment in closed limousine form, as may be found most expedient,the main obj ect being the provision of conveniently manipulatable andsubstantially rigid means for the support of the detachable sidesections when positioned upon the sills of the car body, and theinvention consisting in the specific construction and arrangement ofparts described and claimed, a distinctive feature being the embedmentin the sills of non-rotatable screw nut socket members for engagementwith coupling screws which pass through and bear against base flanges onthe sashes of the detachable panels, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure l, is a side elevation of a car body of the type to which myinvention relates, showing detachable side sections in place upon thesill, and attached thereto, and to the car top;

Fig. 2, is a vertical section taken upon plane of line 2-2, Fig. 3,through one of the car sills and the lower part of a side panel securedthereto by my coupling means;

F ig. 3, is a horizontal section taken plane of line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, is a detail elevation of one of the screw nut socket members;

Fig. 5, is an isometric-a1 sectional perspective illustrating'the meanswhereby the upper portions of the side panels other than the door panels(the stationary panels, so called) are detachably secured to the car toln Fig. 1, a, b, c, d, represent detachable side panels, a, and 0, beingthe door panels, and b and d, the intermediate or so called stationarypanels. The latter are secured to the top t, of the car by pins 72,positioned upon the upper edges of the said panels 7), d, and projectinginto oblong slots 0, in the upon Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921. Serial No. 315,558.

edge of the top t, said slots 0, being elongated so that the pins p, donot impede longitudinal creep or movement of the top t, when the car isin motion. This method of top attachment will be understood moreparticularly by reference to Fig. 5, of the drawings.

9, represents the glass or other transparent medium used in the sidepanels, the lower edges thereof resting on the lower member 7", of thesash frame and being held thereto by and between side flange plates 7'.f, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2, of the drawings, said flangeplates f, f, being secured to the said lower member f, of the sash frameby means of rivets f F, or equivalent means, as may be found mostexpeclient. The lower member 7, of each sash frame is formed with aninturned sill-bearin flange f approximately the width of the sill 7c, ofthe car body K, and this sill-bearing flange F, is countersunk at twopoints to accommodate the shank and head of a coupling screw 0, thethreaded end of which engages with the female thread in a nonrotatablescrew nut socket member s, embedded in the sill is, as shown in Fi 2.

The body portion of each of the embedded socket pieces 8, is convergentor wedge shaped, and is formed with peripheral grooves s, s, the edgesof which, contacting intimately with the portion of sill in which thescrew nut socket is embedded, counteracting any tendency of said sorewnut socket piece .9, to rotate on its axis, during copulation with thescrew 6. The head of the latter is formed with key or driver holes 6, e,or equivalent means of effecting its rotation.

The means thus afforded for the attachment of the side section sashes tothe sill are simple, but effective and positive in charactor, and ofeasy manipulation, so that the side sections may be quickly andconveniently applied to or removed from the side sills of the oar.

The outer ends of the screw nut (non-rotatable) socket members .9, areformed with recesses s", for the accommodation of the heads of thecoupling screws 6, when the sashes are removed, so that the upper sideof sill It, will present a flush, even, unobstructed surface when theside sections are not in use; and in a similar manner, and for a likepurpose, the upper sides of the sash base flanges P, are recessed forthe accommodation of the head 6", of the coupling screw, as shown inFig. 2. i

\Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. Securing means for automobile topclosure sashes, comprising a screwnut socket member countersunk in the car sill, a recessed sash baseflange, and a coupling screw extending therethrough and engaging withthe said screw nut socket member, the head of the said screw beingcountersunk in the sash base flange and bearing directly thereon when inuse, and said screw nut socket member being formed with a recess adaptedto receive the head of said coupling screw when'thesash is removed fromthe sill, for the purpose set forth.

2. Securing means for automobile top closure sashes, com-prising a screwnut socket member countersunk in the car sill, a recessed sash baseflange, and a coupling screw extending therethrough and engagdescribed.

ing with the said screw nut socket member, the latter bemgiormed w1th arecess adapted to receive the head of said coupling screw when the sashis removed, for the purpose 3. Securing means for automobile topclosure'sashes, comprising a recessedsa'sh base formed with acountersink for the head of a coupling screw, said coupling screwextending therethrough and engaging with a conoidal screw nut socketmember embedded in the sill of the car, said conoidal screw socketmember being formed with peripheral longitudinal ribs to preventrotation, and being also formed with a recess adapted to countersink thehead of said coupling screw when the sash is removed from the sill, forthe purpose described. V

HARRY E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

ALFRED EMMERSON, Asians S.- Gnrnvn.

